{"id":30374,"date":"2020-04-03T13:06:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T13:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/03\/veterans-unemployment-spikes-in-march-but-the-full-impact-of-coronavirus-outbreak-is-still-unknown\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:02:23","slug":"veterans-unemployment-spikes-in-march-but-the-full-impact-of-coronavirus-outbreak-is-still-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2020\/04\/03\/veterans-unemployment-spikes-in-march-but-the-full-impact-of-coronavirus-outbreak-is-still-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans unemployment spikes in March, but the full impact of coronavirus outbreak is still unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/02\/coronavirus-recession-isolation-could-hit-veterans-harder-than-most-report\/\" target=_blank>Veterans unemployment<\/a> rose sharply in March amid massive business closures and widespread layoffs connected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank>ongoing coronavirus outbreak<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/empsit.nr0.htm\" target=_blank>Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a> reported Friday that the unemployment rate for all veterans jumped from 3.6 percent in February to 4.1 percent in March, the highest that number has reached in two years. The national unemployment rate similarly rose from 3.5 percent in February to 4.4 percent in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nearly 1 percent jump in the national unemployment rate was the largest recorded by BLS since January 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/02\/coronavirus-recession-isolation-could-hit-veterans-harder-than-most-report\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6156847.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Coronavirus recession, isolation could hit veterans harder than most: report<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A new report from the Bob Woodruff Foundation warns that more resources targeted at veterans will be needed in coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, those figures are a sampling of workers throughout the month and likely do not reflect the full scope of the ongoing pandemic. Surveys conducted by BLS begin mid-month, and nationwide social distancing and non-essential business closures did not take place in many states until after March 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report says that the number of unemployed individuals across America rose by 1.4 million last month, to more than 7 million people. The number of unemployed veterans rose about 40,000 people to just under 370,0000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But agency officials reported earlier that more than 10 million Americans filed initial claims for unemployment benefits in the last two weeks, meaning the unemployment figures are likely to increase substantially when the next estimates are released in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late last month, Congress passed a $2 trillion stimulus package designed to ease the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak, which has sickened more than 220,000 people across America and resulted in at least 6,000 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the hardest hit sectors of the economy were the leisure and hospitality industry (which lost an estimated 459,000 jobs) and professional services (which lost about 52,000 jobs).<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/02\/view-the-map-of-current-covid-19-cases-in-va-health-system-as-total-nears-2000-deaths-near-70\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VA.jpg_37e9e2.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">View the map of current COVID-19 cases in VA health system as total nears 2,000, deaths near 70<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Here is the latest map of where VA coronavirus cases and deaths are located across America.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, in a report analyzing the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on veterans, officials from the Bob Woodruff Foundation warned that former military members may be more frequently employed in industries likely to be impacted by the sudden recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a third of the unemployed veteran workforce is individuals who served after Sept. 11, 2001. 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